Calendar of Events: 10, 2009

Summer Work Project Talk

Lauren Bradley will present a talk about her summer work project at the Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA. The presentation will take place at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Rotunda, 4:15 pm.

Guest Lecturer

Guest speaker, Daniel Kirby, Fogg/Straus Center, Cambridge, MA will present a talk entitled “Applications of laser desorption mass spectrometry for the study of synthetic organic pigments in works of art.” This talk will take place at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Rotunda, 4:15 p.m.

Conservation Clinic

WUDPAC faculty and students share their knowledge about the care of works of art of all materials with collectors, curators, caretakers, or scholars of works of art or cultural property. As part of the museum’s and the university’s missions of public service, advice on condition, care, and possible treatment is offered without charge. Paintings, textiles, works of art on paper, books and archival documents, photographic materials, furniture and decorative, archaeological and ethnographic objects are welcomed with their caretakers for 30-minute appointments.

The clinic is held on Thursday afternoons at:

Copeland Lecture Hall of the Winterthur Museum Pavilion Route 52 Greenville, DE 19807

Appointments are required. Call: Janis Kraft at 302-888-4786

NOTE: Monetary appraisals and authentication of objects will not be given. There is a limit of three works per appointment.

Clinic

Summer Work Project Talk

Gwen Manthey will present a talk about her summer work project at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. The presentation will take place at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Rotunda, 4:15 pm.

Summer Work Project Talk

Rose Daly will present a talk about her summer work project at the Shelburne Art Museum, Shelburne, VT. The presentation will take place at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Rotunda, 4:15 pm.